| Description |
cxvii, 1739 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Common law library |
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Common law library.
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| Contents |
Book One: General principles. 1. Definition, scope, object and terminology. Part One: The Heads of Compensatory Damages. 2. Pecuniary losses -- 3. Non-pecuniary losses. Part Two: The Limits of Compensatory Damages. 4. The general problem of limist -- 5. Reduction of damages for contributory negligence -- 6. Remoteness of damage -- 7. Mitigation of damage -- 8. Certainty of damage -- 9. Past and prospective damage. Part Three: Damages Not Strictly Based on Compensation. 10. Normal damages -- 11. Exemplary damages -- 12. Restitutionary damages -- 13. Liquidated damages. Part Four: Various General Factors in the Assessment of Damages. 14. The incidence of taxation -- 15. The awarding of interetst -- 16. The effect of changes in value -- 17. The recovery of costs, damages and fines incurred in previous proceedings --18. Damages in actions surviving death. Book Two: Particular Claims. 19. The measure of damages in contract and tort compared. Part One: Contract. 20. Sale of goods -- 21. Hire and hire-purchase of goods -- 22. Sale of land -- 23. Lease of land -- 24. Sale of shares and loan of stock -- 25. Contracts to pay or to lend money -- 26. Building contracts -- 27. Contracts of carriage -- 28. Contracts of employment -- 29. Contracts for professional and other services -- 30. Contracts concerning principal and agent -- 31. Contracts of warranty of authority by agent. Part Two: Tort. 32. Torts affecting goods: damage and destruction -- 33. Torts affecting goods: misappropriation -- 34. Torts affecting land -- 35. Torts causing personal injury -- 36. Torts causing death -- 37. Assault and false imprisonment -- 38. Malicious prosecution and cognate torts -- 39. Defamation -- 40. Economic torts -- 41. Misrepresentation. Part Three: Human Rights. 42. Human rights. Book Three: Procedure. 43. The statement of case -- 44. The trial -- 45. Appeals |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1997 |
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Half title page title: The law of damages |
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Kept up-to-date by supplements |
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Chapter 42 on the Human Rights Act contributed by Martin Spencer; chapters 43-45 on procedure revised by Julian Picton |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Damages -- England.
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Damages -- Wales.
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Damages -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Spencer, Martin.
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Picton, Julian.
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| LC no. |
2004444156 |
| ISBN |
042184020X |
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